ONTARIO light cruiser (1945)

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ontario (ex-Minotaur)	53, 1950- CCL32		Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK	20.11.1941	29.7.1943	25.5.1945	stricken 10.1958

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	8800
Displacement full, t	11480
Length, m	164.0 pp 169.3 oa
Breadth, m	19.2
Draught, m	6.45 deep load
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	72500
Max speed, kts	31.5
Fuel, t	oil 1850
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	belt: 89 - 83, bulkheads: 51 - 38, turrets: 51 - 25, barbettes: up to 25, deck: 51 - 32
Armament	3 x 3 - 152/50 BL Mk XXIII, 5 x 2 - 102/45 QF Mk XVI, 4 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 8 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 8 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 3 - 533 TT
Electronic equipment	type 275, type 277, type 281B, type 282, type 283, type 284, type 285, type 293 radars
Complement	855, 960 war

Standard scale images

Ontario 1945

Project history

Last British cruisers which have become operational in days of war. Enhanced design of Fiji with better stability at the expense of breadth increase, strengthened AA armament and larger fuel stowage.

Protection

Armoured belt extended from "A" to "Y" barbettes and to upper deck abreast boiler rooms and fore engine room and to main deck abreast aft engine room, CCC and magazines. Its thickness was 89mm abreast magazines and 83mm abreast machinery. Belt was closed by 51-38mm bulkheads. Armoured deck was 51mm thick (32mm with 38mm slopes over steering gear). Transom stern was 38mm thick.

Modernizations 8.

1945: - 4 x 1 - 40/39; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III